Power plant · Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Leighton Road & Hawthorn - Solar Panels
Leighton Road & Hawthorn - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of capacity, operated by Econergy International Limited.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Central Bedfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | North of Leighton Road and West of Hawthorn, LU7 9PA | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 29 Jul 2025 (permit CB/22/04934/FULL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 28 Feb 2023 (reference CB/22/04934/FULL, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Jul 2025 (granted, reference CB/22/04934/FULL, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Econergy International Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 32.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.9202, -0.6138 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchHow it compares
Leighton Road & Hawthorn - Solar Panels is the 1,200th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,875th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,200th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,875th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,872nd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 160 grid connections (32 operating, 342 MW), 95 substations and 82 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 8.1 km |
| Bletchley Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 10 km |
| Milton Keynes, Woburn Sands grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 11 km |
| Fenny Lock, Bletcham Way, Milton Keynes grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 12 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 20 km |
| Cokes Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Amersham GSP | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.